Experiment Eleven: Dark Secrets Behind the Discovery of a Wonder Drug Book

Part I The Discovery

1 Zones of Antagonism 3

2 The Apprentice and His Master 8

3 The Good Earth 17

4 The Sponsor 26

5 A Distinguished Visitor 38

6 The Race to Publish 48

7 A Conflict of Interest 59

Part II The Rift

8 The Lilac Gardens 71

9 The Parable of the Sick Chicken 78

10 Mold in Their Pockets 86

11 Dr. Schatz Goes to Albany 93

12 The Five-Hundred-Dollar Check 99

13 A Patent That Shaped the World 107

Part III The Challenge

14 The Letter 117

15 Choose a Lawyer 125

16 The Road to Court 137

17 Under Oath 143

18 The Settlement 164

Part IV The Prize

19 The Road to Stockholm 175

20 "A Dog Yapping at the Heels of a Great World Figure" 182

21 The Drug Harvest 195

22 The Master's Memoir 202

23 The Copied Notebooks 205

Part V The Restoration

24 Wilderness Years 213

25 The English Scientist 223

26 A Medal 228

Afterword 235

Acknowledgments 237

Notes 241

Index 271